EU 'not repatriating, relocating enough'

(ANSA) - Rome, October 21 - The EU is not repatriating enough undocumented migrants or relocating enough asylum seekers, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said Friday. "We decided along with France and Germany to become the driving force behind the repatriation of undocumented migrants, which has been Europe's weak point thus far," he said after a meeting of G6 interior ministers.
    Alfano said European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos "pushes very hard on (refugee relocation) but selfishness sometimes comes from individual states and not the European Commission". "The hope is that common sense will prevail because it's absurd to imagine that after all that Italy has done, it will not be rewarded with the relocation of thousands of migrants," Alfano said.